tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post8094166393616676717..comments2018-05-12T00:08:40.037-07:00Comments on The Kundalini Consortium: The Power of CompassionJJ Semplehttps://plus.google.com/106652591411815345981noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-41420048297845985062014-03-08T14:20:50.819-08:002014-03-08T14:20:50.819-08:00It actually might interest you that numerous studi...It actually might interest you that numerous studies have directly linked compassion with spirituality. Spiritual people have a much greater tendency to be compassionate to their peers <br />Reference:<br />Saslow, L. R., John, O. P., Piff, P. K., Willer, R., Wong, E., Impett, E. A., &amp; ... Saturn, S. R. (2013). The social significance of spirituality: New perspectives on the compassion–altruism relationship. Psychology Of Religion And Spirituality, 5(3), 201-218. doi:10.1037/a0031870<br /><br />Abstract of a sample study:<br />In the current research we tested a comprehensive model of spirituality, religiosity, compassion, and altruism, investigating the independent effects of spirituality and religiosity on compassion and altruism. We hypothesized that, even though spirituality and religiosity are closely related, spirituality and religiosity would have different and unique associations with compassion and altruism. In Study 1 and 2 we documented that more spiritual individuals experience and show greater compassion. The link between religiosity and compassion was no longer significant after controlling for the impact of spirituality. Compassion has the capacity to motivate people to transcend selfish motives and act altruistically toward strangers. Therefore, we reasoned that spirituality (but not religiosity) would predict altruistic behavior and that compassion would help explain this link. Indeed, in Studies 3, 4, and 5 we found that more spiritual individuals behaved more altruistically in economic choice and decision-making tasks, and that the tendency of spiritual individuals to feel greater compassion mediated the spirituality-to-altruism relationship. In contrast, more religious participants did not consistently feel more compassion nor behave more altruistically. Moreover, in Studies 3 and 4 we found that the broader traits of Agreeableness, Openness, and Extraversion did not help explain why more spiritual individuals behaved more altruistically. Our findings argue that spirituality—above and beyond religiosity—is uniquely associated with greater compassion and enhanced altruism toward strangers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)<br /><br />So research does prove your point that there is a very real connection between spirituality and compassion. I read numerous cases of people who took DMT, had a spiritual experience and became more compassionate as a result of it. <br />Matt Peplińskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247594388853055780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-47606981365565717272014-01-28T12:12:35.186-08:002014-01-28T12:12:35.186-08:00Thank you mehru I do appreciate your commentThank you mehru I do appreciate your commentMargaret Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385395565359693331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-88605519103884902622014-01-28T06:22:25.227-08:002014-01-28T06:22:25.227-08:00Beautiful article. Thanks.Beautiful article. Thanks.mehru dandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08747880528589650103noreply@blogger.com